admordeo
μισῶ σοφιστὴν ὅστις οὐχ αὑτῷ σοφός → I hate the sage who recks not his own rede, I hate the sage who is not wise for himself, I hate the wise man who is not wise on his own
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ad-mordĕo: rsum, 2, v. a. (
I perf. admemordi, Plaut. Aul. Fragm. ap. Gell. 6, 9, 6), to bite at or gnaw, to bite into (cf. accīdo, to cut into).
I Lit.: admorso signata in stirpe cicatrix, Verg. G. 2, 379.—So of Cleopatra: bracchia admorsa colubris, Prop. 4, 10, 53.—
II Fig., of a miser, to bite, i. e. get possession of some of one's property, to fleece him: lepidum est, triparcos, vetulos bene admordere, Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 14: jam admordere hunc mihi lubet, i. e. aggredi et ab eo aliquid corradere, id. Ps. 4, 7, 24.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
admordĕō,¹⁴ momordī, morsum, ēre, tr., mordre après, entamer par une morsure : Prop. 3, 11, 53
